Proverbs 27:24

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“for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.”

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BSBPD

“for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For riches <FI>are<Fi> not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 27:24 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 13:14But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
  2. 2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
  3. Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
  4. Proverbs 23:4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
  5. Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
  6. Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
  7. Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  8. Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
  9. 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
  10. James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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